Articles for Nombulelo Damba-Hendrik
Eastern Cape pensioners must give back the road grader they seized, court rules
Ugie villagers took control of the vehicle to protest against the municipality’s failure to fix roads
News | 11 March 2026
Work on Eastern Cape clinic stalled because health department didn’t pay the builder
Patients have to queue in the rain outside a temporary clinic
News | 10 March 2026
Woman with throat cancer waits 11 years for house
Noncedo Holiwe lives in a crumbling, two-roomed mud house with broken windows and a leaking roof
Brief | 3 March 2026
Learners at this overcrowded school are being taught outside
“When the rain stops, we wipe our desks and continue with the lesson”
News | 26 February 2026
Long shot: Hawks probe fraud allegations at shooting range
The Umzimvubu Local Municipality has already spent millions of rands on the project, but the site remains deserted and incomplete
Brief | 23 February 2026
Pensioners in court for seizing municipal vehicle
Eastern Cape villagers refuse to allow the grader to leave until it finishes fixing their road
Brief | 19 February 2026
Cofimvaba: a town without public toilets
Last week, the town was down to just two toilets but these have no water
Brief | 18 February 2026
Sewage is spilling into Cofimvaba River
Villagers and livestock have been drinking rancid river water
Brief | 16 February 2026
Keep your teacher, we don’t want her, parents tell education department
Parents demand removal of Eastern Cape school principal
Brief | 28 January 2026